gold leaf 254
Golden Hind see ships
goldsmiths 1, 12, 34, 53, 145, 174, 175, 311
golf 332
good death, a 100
Goodwin Sands 214
Gorges, Thomas (1536–1610) 222
Gorhambury 222
Gose, Agnes 58
Gose, Thomas 58
Gosfield 331
Gosson, Stephen 336
Gower, John (d.1408) 346
Grafton, Richard (c.1511–73) 130
grain see corn
Grand Tour, the 114, 223, 248
Grassi, Giacomo di 329
Gravelines, battle of 4
Gravesend 201, 204
Gray’s Inn see London
Grays Thurrock 84
Great Easton 196
Great Fulford see Fulford
Great Holland 316
Great Yarmouth 16
Greece 261, 262
Greek language 41, 68, 105, 107, 108, 132
Greene, Robert (1558–92) 75, 103, 240, 346, 349, 354
greengrocers 54
Greenland 113
Greenwich 204, 222, 293, 320
greetings 154–5
Gregorian Calendar see Calendar
Grenville family 230
Grenville, Sir Richard (1542–91) 23, 94, 95, 361
Gresham, Sir Thomas (c.1518–79) 33, 34, 222
Grey, Lady Catherine (1540–68) 42, 46
Grey, Lady Jane (1536–54) 42, 105, 130
Greystoke 242
Grindal, Edmund (1516x20–83), archbishop of Canterbury 90, 91, 367
grocers 54
grooms 225
grosgrain see silk
Grymeston, Elizabeth, née Bernye (1563?-1601x4) 68
Gryndall, William 328
Guary miracle play 351–2
Guildford 237, 254, 260, 261, 332
Guinea 111, 118
Gullyvor, William (d.1568) 235
gunpowder 94, 129
guns, gunners 53, 106, 203, 206–7, 211, 212, 214, 216, 237, 293, 321, 327, 342, 357
Gwin, Joan 323
gypsies or ‘Egyptians’ 60, 118
haberdashers 34, 53
Hacket, William (d.1591) 2, 64, 97
hackneymen see coachmen
haggling 147
hair, curling of 173, 175, 185
hair, dyeing of 173
hairbrushes 172–3, 238
hairdresser 240
hairstyles 162, 172–3, 175, 184, 185, 315; see also wigs
Hakluyt, Richard (1552?–1616) 112
Halifax gibbet 305–6
Hall, John (1574/5?–1635) 109, 289
Halstead 117
Hampshire 20, 144, 196
Hampstead Norris 55
Hampton Court Palace 28, 222, 228, 234, 320, 321
handkerchiefs 154, 174, 178, 183
handwriting 137–9
hanging see death penalty
hardwaremen 54
Hardwick Hall 3, 221, 223, 224
Harington, Sir John (1539/40–1613), later Lord Harington of Exton 48
Harington, Sir John (1560–1612) 43, 101, 162, 246, 268, 272, 346, 350
Harley family 222
Harman, Thomas (fl. 1547–67) 296–300
Harriot, Thomas (c.1560–1621) 112, 122, 211
Harrison, Margaret 58
Harrison, William (1535–93) 38, 39, 54, 56, 57, 87–8, 107, 123, 130, 161, 185, 186, 194, 196, 198, 199, 219, 221, 230, 231, 234–6, 247, 254, 258, 262, 263, 305–6, 309, 323, 324, 327
Harrow School 106
Harvey, William (d.1567) 255
Haslington 230
Hatfield 222, 331
Hatfield Peverel 305
Hathaway, Ann see Shakespeare
hats see clothes
hatters 53, 58
Hatton, Sir Christopher (c.1540–91) 182, 185, 222
Hawkins, Sir John (1532–95) 111, 112, 119–20, 206, 323
Hawkins, Thomas (d.1587) 235
Hawkins, William 120
hawks see falcons
Hawle, Joan 220
hay 24, 191, 220, 238
Haygat, Margery 58
Haygat, Robert 58
Hayward, John (1564?–1627) 42, 131
headdress 168
Heath, Thomas (d.1587) 238
Hebrew 68, 105, 108
Heidelberg 288
helliers 53
Heminges, John (1566–1630) 356
Henley-in-Arden 12
Henry IV (1367–1413) 42
Henry VII (1457–1509) 46, 222, 367
Henry VIII (1491–1547) 6, 7, 42, 46, 48, 76–8, 96, 104, 127, 135, 142, 157, 214, 222, 228, 234, 257, 260, 271, 321, 325, 333, 337, 346, 367
Henslowe, Philip (c.1555–1616) 353
Hentzner, Paul (1558–1623) 157
heralds 49, 50, 130, 292
Herbert, Edward (1582?–1648), Lord Herbet of Cherbury 105
Herbert, Mary, née Sidney (1561–1621), countess of Pembroke 350
herbs 123, 146, 177, 234, 249, 253, 258, 260, 263, 274, 289 (bay 33; borage [bugloss] 249, 285; camomile 286; chervil 249, 257; colchicum 289; fennel 250; garlic 146, 249, 259; henbane 286; hyssop 259; lavender 177, 286; mint 250; parsley 250, 259, 285; potherbs 238; rosemary 33, 228, 250, 276, 286; sage 245, 246, 249, 257, 286; sorrel 251, 286; thyme 250, 259, 286; violets 290)
Hereford 16, 107, 335
Hereford, bishop of 80
Herefordshire 129, 222
heresy see crime
Hertford, Lord see Seymour
Hertfordshire 222, 317
Hester, John (d.1592) 103
Heywood, John (1496/7–c.1578) 352
highwaymen 100, 202, 203, 296
Hill, Thomas (c.1528–c.1574) 103, 125, 126
Hilliard, Nicholas (1547?–1619) 118
history, historians 6, 81, 112, 129–31, 350–3, 362, 373
Hoby, Elizabeth see Russell
Holborn see London
Holborne, Anthony (d.1602?) 337, 341
Holdenby House 129, 222, 224
Holinshed, Raphael (c. 1525–80?) 6, 130
holland see linen
Holland, Dutch 31, 44, 67, 92, 95, 109, 113, 115–17, 143, 192, 215, 253, 257, 295, 321; see also fashion; Meteren
Holles, Sir William (1471?–1542) 246
Hollyband, Claudius 107, 136–7, 142, 246, 272, 322, 337
Holy Roman Empire 143
homelessness 56–61, 95, 96, 110, 118, 292, 297–9, 301, 307, 310, 338
Homer 344, 350
homosexuality 75–6; see also sodomy
honey 115, 260, 263, 277
hoods see clothes
Hook Lighthouse 214
Hooker, John (c.1527–1601) 130
Hooker, Richard (1554–1600) 91
hookers 299
Hooper, James 209
hoopers 54
Hopkins, John (1520/1–70) 339
hops 231, 262
Horace (65–8 BC) 107
Horman, William (1457–1535) 8, 23, 24, 64, 107, 126, 129, 176, 188, 189, 227, 239, 243, 245, 258, 265, 269, 273, 287, 289, 330, 341
horn 165
horn books 106
horses and riding 47, 56, 66, 67, 103, 105–7, 114, 139, 149, 173, 174, 187, 192–4, 196, 198–202, 218, 233, 238, 299, 302, 304, 328, 329, 336 (packhorses 191, 197–9; prices of 200); see also travel
horseshoes 312
hosen see clothes
hosiers 12, 53, 163–4
Hospital of St Mary of Bethlehem see London, Bedlam
hospitals 56, 58
Hossell, Richard (d.1587) 181
Houghton 246
hourglasses 141, 213
household size 225, 230
Howard, John 84
Howard, Philip (1557–95), earl of Arundel 99
Howard, Thomas (1538–72), duke of Norfolk 46, 47, 49, 83, 296, 305
Howard, Thomas (c.1520–82), viscount Howard of Bindon 47
hue and cry 312
&nbs
p; Hughes, Thomas (fl. 1571–1623) 353
Huguenots 69, 116, 202
Hull see Kingston upon Hull
humour see wit
humoural theory 264–6, 270, 287
hundred courts see courts
Hungary 346
Hunt, Francis 302
hunting 22, 27, 47, 106, 107, 247, 327–8; see also falcons
Hurault de Maisse, André (1539–1607) 157, 188
hurdle-makers 56
hurling 331, 332
husbandmen 22, 39, 54–5, 171, 175, 234, 235, 260, 325
Hussey, Gilbert 2
hymns 322, 339; see also music
Iceland 115, 256
illegitimacy 58, 95, 307, 310
illnesses 58, 74, 124, 212, 214, 215, 264–6, 277 (blood poisoning 290; broken limbs 152, 290; causes of 264–7, 270, 271, 274, 277; cough 289; disability 58, 326; dysentery 99, 212, 282; epilepsy 299; fever 275, 277, 278, 282, 289; gangrene 290; gastric wind 289; gout 289; haemorrhoids 274; influenza 4, 278, 279, 383; injuries 264, 290; lameness 58, 326; leprosy 265; lung diseases 151, 282, 323; malaria 278, 279; measles 283; mental 56, 266, 283, 308; mercury poisoning 282; piles 274; plague 4, 5, 37, 59, 74, 155, 242, 270, 275, 278–83, 286, 348, 355, 30, 383; scabs 274; scurvy 274; smallpox 59, 283, 289; sweating sickness 278; syphilis 153, 271, 278, 283–4, 288, 323; tuberculosis 282; typhoid fever 282; typhus 270, 282, 289; whooping cough 287); see also Black Death; teeth
imprisonment 85, 128, 214, 216, 242, 244, 294, 306–7, 315; see also prisons
incomes 148, 150–2, 157–8, 301 (carpenters’ 151; ecclesiastical 50; farmers’ 151; gentry 48–9, 325; labourers’ 151, 258, 268; lawyers’ 50–1; lords’ 47, 49; masons’ 51; merchants’ 51; miners’ 151, 282; nurses’ 59, 282, 286; physicians’ 289; royal 45, 367; servants’ 152; surgeons’ 289; women’s 63, 65–6, 152)
Indies 123, 208, 254, 321, 323; see also America
individualism 93, 94
Indonesia 113, 216
Industrial Revolution 108, 205
infant mortality see children
inflation 148
influenza see illnesses
Ingatestone 43, 197
Ingatestone Hall 24, 25, 268
Ingold, Henry (d.1567) 331
injuries see illnesses
ink, inkhorns 139, 178
Inner Temple see London
inns, innkeepers 53, 193, 205, 218–21, 237, 255, 311, 329
Intwood Hall 222
Ipswich 16
Ireland, Irish 40, 45, 115, 200, 214, 347–8
Irish toyles 298
ironing 190
ironmongers 53
Isle of Wight 214
Italian language 41, 105, 137
Italy, Italian 83, 108, 114, 117, 120, 122, 137, 138, 143, 161, 223, 245, 248, 250, 257, 260, 262, 295, 329, 343, 346; see also fashion; Ficino, Venice
Itchen Stoke 196
jakes see latrine
jam 243
James VI and I (1566–1625), king of Scotland and England 119, 174, 201, 324, 367
Jamestown 112
Japan 113
jarkmen 299
Java 113
jelly 249, 251–2
Jennings, Joan 152
Jesuits 83–5
Jewel, John (1522–71), bishop of Salisbury 68, 80, 83, 91
jewellery 45, 118, 142, 156, 168, 174–7, 182, 185–6, 203, 231, 253, 292, 321; see also earrings; rings
Jews 92
John of Gaunt (1340–99), duke of Lancaster 31
Johnson, William 366
joiners 53
Jones, Robert (fl. 1597–1615) 341
Jones, William 161
Jonson, Ben (1572–1637) 100, 167, 240, 304, 350, 354, 355, 357–8, 362, 366
Joplyn, John (d.1558) 274
jousting 77, 186, 322
Joy, William 57
Julian Calendar see Julian
juniper see fruit and vegetables.
Justices of the Peace (JPs) 44, 49, 61, 62, 79, 82–5, 98, 146, 151, 197, 281, 295, 296, 300–2, 307, 308, 312, 313, 322, 324, 325; see also courts
justices, royal 302, 304, 312, 326; see also courts
Kelley, Sir Edward (1555–97/8) 125
Kellwaye, Simon 283
Kelston 268
Kempe, Will (d.c.1610) 165, 355, 356
Kenilworth Castle 222, 228, 253, 322, 335
Kennet, River 197
Kent 22, 36, 48, 55, 56, 59, 110, 113, 146, 195, 208, 223, 233, 242, 274, 278, 335
kermes 159
Kiechel, Samuel 155
Kilcolman Castle 347
Killigrew, Katherine, née Cooke (d.1583) 68
kinchin cos 299
King’s Lynn 16
Kingston upon Hull 16
Kirtling 198, 253
kissing 66, 155, 280, 343
kitchenware 220, 231, 233, 235, 240, 269
knife-grinders 56
knitting 58, 163–4, 179
knives 145, 154, 185, 247, 248, 249, 252, 269, 290; see also penknives
Knox, John (c.1514–72) 90
Kyd, Thomas (1558–94) 353
Kytchiner, William (d.1586) 183
Kytson, Elizabeth, née Cornwallis (1546/7–1628), Lady Kytson 192, 340
La Rochelle 261
labourers 53, 54, 56, 142, 150, 151, 171, 187, 235, 250, 258, 268, 274, 325
lace 146, 162, 167, 168, 184, 187
Lambarde, William (1536–1601) 36, 56, 130
Lambourn 55
Lancashire 22, 59, 145
Lancaster, James (1554/5–1618) 113
Laneham, Robert (c. 1535–79/80) 142, 246, 328, 334
Langley, Francis (1548–1602) 353
Langton, Dr Christopher (1521–78) 311
Lanier, Emilia, née Bassano (1569–1645) 70–1, 350, 361, 362
lantern-makers 54
Latimer, Hugh (c.1485–1555), bishop of Worcester 127
Latin 8, 41, 68, 81, 103, 105, 107, 132, 136–8
latrines 213, 227, 234, 266–9, 274, 284, 287; see also chamber pots; close stools; water closet
laundry see washerwomen; washing
lavender see herbs
law, lawyers 18, 26, 28, 50, 53, 62, 79, 81, 108, 130, 146, 147, 157, 222, 245, 292–319, 325 (ecclesiastical 313–19); see also courts; justices
lawn see linen
Lawrence, Joan 319
Lawrence, John 318–19
lead 30, 239, 269
leases 55, 233, 301
leather 13, 53, 145, 169, 170, 174, 179–81, 183, 185, 187, 231, 233, 263, 269 (Spanish 163, 169, 178, 183); see also cordwainers
Lee, George, (d.1558) 274
Lee, Sir Henry (1533–1611) 185, 322
Lee, William (d.1614/15?) 164
Leicester 200
Leicester, earl of see Dudley
Leicestershire 22, 94, 135, 274
Leiden 288
Leighton, Sir Thomas (c. 1530–1610) 215
Leith 98
Leland, John (c.1503–52) 129, 130, 196, 197, 361
leprosy see illnesses
Levant Company 113, 207
Libertines 162
libraries 130–1, 321
lice 269, 270, 286
licensing 62, 65, 244–5, 301, 322, 325, 384
Lichfield 16, 50
life expectancy 38, 51, 360 lighthouses 214
Lily, William (1468?–1522/3) 107
Lincoln 16, 203
Lincoln’s Inn see London
Lincolnshire 23, 222, 224, 296
linen 27, 150, 157, 158, 163, 164, 168, 172–4, 177–80, 189, 224, 227, 236, 243, 272–4, 286, 308, 326 (buckram 158, 164; cambric 147, 163, 168, 174, 178, 180, 181, 187, 189; canvas 158, 187, 220, 238; holland 147, 159, 163, 164, 168, 178, 181, 221, 226; lawn 147, 167, 168, 174, 181; lockram 158, 159, 163, 178, 220, 221); see also camlet; cyprus; linsey-woolsey; table linen
linsey-woolsey 158, 159, 163, 178
lions 114, 119, 321
Lipscomb, Thomas (d.1587) 235
&n
bsp; Lisbon 15, 111
literacy 101–4; see also education; women
litters 198
Little Moreton Hall 230
livestock 22, 145–7, 237, 242, 243, 253, 304; (cattle 19–21, 56, 127, 145, 174, 191, 233, 235, 238, 252, 253, 336; deer 21, 174, 253, 327; pigs 12, 19, 20, 145, 176, 189, 205, 233, 237, 238, 241, 245, 253, 313; sheep 10, 19–22, 59, 145, 174, 191, 233, 235, 241, 253, 286, 287, 330 [ram]); see also meat and poultry
Livy (Titus Livius) (50 BC–AD 17) 107
Locke, Anne (1530–c.90) 68, 71, 370
locks, locksmiths 53, 145, 219
logic 108
London 1, 4, 10, 15–17, 19, 21, 25–35, 38, 44, 52, 57–9, 62, 67–9, 77, 80, 84, 91, 92, 94, 96, 104, 109, 110, 130, 135, 137, 142, 146, 155, 165, 167, 173, 177, 178, 180, 182–4, 186, 189, 190, 192, 193, 198, 201, 202, 204, 205, 220, 222, 253, 255, 261, 274, 287, 322, 329, 348 (Aldersgate 31; Aldgate 31, 32, 92, 193, 306; Aldwych 26; Artillery Gardens 329; Arundel Place 29; Baynard’s Castle 31; Bedlam 283; Birdcage Walk 333; Bishopsgate 31, 341, 353; Bishopsgate Street 329, 352; Bread Street 33, 34; Bridewell Hospital 292, 307, 308, 329; Candlewick Street 31; Cecil House 29, 222; Chancery Lane 26–7; Charing Cross 27, 29; Charterhouse 32; Cheapside 1, 32, 34, 35, 292, 309, 310, 311, 350; Cordwainer Street 33; Cornhill 32–4, 77, 322; Covent Garden 29; Cripplegate 31; Derby House 130; Dowgate 240; Drury Lane 26, 27, 29; Durham Place 29; Elephant & Castle 240; Ely Place 329; Finsbury Fields 330; Fish Street 33; Fleet Street 26, 77; Friday Street 34; Goldsmith’s Row 34; Gracechurch Street 77, 311, 352; Great Stone Gate 5, 31; Greyfriars Church 130, 329; Guildhall 31; Haymarket 27; Holborn 26, 27, 32, 329; Hosier Lane 33, 240; Hungerford House 29; Hyde Park 27; Jewin Street 333; King’s Street 28; Leadenhall 329; Little Trinity parish 94; London Bridge 29–32, 197, 205, 239, 269, 304, 322; London Stone 31, 32, 311; Long Acre 29; Lothbury 32; Ludgate 31, 33; Ludgate Hill 329, 352; Mark Lane 293; Mermaid Tavern 2, 35, 240, 350, 366; Mile End 342; Milk Street 33; Moorgate 31, 66; New Stone Gate 30; Newgate 26, 27, 31–3, 35, 302, 329; Nonsuch House 30–1; Old Change 1; Oxford Street 26; Paris Garden 334, 335, 356; Paternoster Row 34; Piccadilly 27; population of 15, 16, 25, 364; Poultry 34; Royal Exchange 34, 145, 193, 338; St Botolph’s parish 117; St George’s Field 306; St Giles in the Fields 26, 333; St Martin’s Lane 26; St Mary Somerset 2; St Paul’s Cathedral 1, 26, 31–4, 104, 257, 303, 308, 326, 355; St Paul’s Churchyard 1, 31, 103, 107, 303, 308, 348; St Paul’s Cross 31, 32, 76, 92; St Paul’s School 107; Savoy Palace 29; Shoe Lane 333; Shoreditch 353; Silver Street 240; Smithfield 32, 199, 329; Soper Lane 77; Southampton House 26; Southwark 271, 307, 334, 335, 359; Standard 34, 310; Strand 28, 29, 32, 222; Temple 204; Tottenham Court Road 26; Tower Green 305; Tower Hill 305; Tower of 29–31, 33, 41, 42, 48, 87–9, 91, 99, 124, 189, 222, 294, 304, 305, 321; Tower Street 292; Tyburn 26, 27, 35, 94, 96, 126, 292, 302, 304; Vintry 29; wards 51; West Cheap 34; Whitechapel 32, 352; York House 29; York Place 29)
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